SUFFOLK vs. JOHNSON & WALES
Date Time Venue Video Stats Notes Series Last Meeting Last Suffolk Win Streak	Saturday, Dec. 6 4:50 PM Porrazzo Rink East Boston, Mass. CNE Network GoSuffolkRams.com GoSuffolkRams.com 10-23-4 Dec. 7, 2024, W, 1-0 Same Won 2

BOSTON – Suffolk men's ice returns to Conference of New England (CNE) action on Saturday, Dec. 6, welcoming Johnson & Wales to Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink for a 4:50 p.m. showdown.

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LAST TIME OUT
Suffolk men's ice hockey, who is receiving votes in the latest USCHO.com Poll, fell to Colby, 4-3, on Tuesday evening at Louis E. Porrazzo Memorial Skating Rink. 

MORE READING: Men's Ice Hockey Falls to Colby, 4-3

SUFFOLK SCORES

RAMS RUNDOWN

• Suffolk enters the weekend at 4-3-1 overall and 4-1-1 in CNE play.
• Nolan Leonard heads the pack with nine points (3g, 6a) and holds a four-game point streak heading into Saturday.
• Marko Giourof has scored in three of his last four games to bring his team-leading goal mark to six to go with two helpers.
• Dimitri Voyatzis is riding a four-game point streak, tallying two goals and three assists across the stretch.
• Daniel McKiernan (4g, 4a), Cole Scott (4g, 3a), and Bobby Lachance round out the offensive distribution for the Rams.
• Austin McNichols has started all eight games in net for Suffolk and brings in a 2.26 GAA and .884 save percentage.
• The Rams sit at 27 percent on the power play and 90.3 percent on the penalty kill.

WILDCATS WATCH

• JWU enters Saturday 3-4-1 overall and 1-3-0 in CNE action after a 7-2 setback to Connecticut College last Tuesday.
• The Wildcats are paced by Connor Nelson (8g, 2a), who leads the team in scoring and owns two game-winning goals.
• Roman Wainwright (4g, 3a), and Cam Martin (2g, 5a) round out JWU's primary scoring threats.
• Maxim Zinchenko sports a .948 save percentage and a 1.96 GAA across three starts, while Jake Inzirillocarriers a 3-2-0 record and .892 save percentage.
• The Wildcats operate at a 28 percent clip on the power play and sit at 75 conversion rate on the penalty kill.

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk and Johnson & Wales will meet for the 38th time in the series history.
• The blue-and-gold trails the series, 10-23-4.
• The Rams are 4-12-2 at home and 6-10-2 on the road against JWU.
• The lone neutral-site meeting came Nov 12. 2011, a 9-2 win for the Wildcats.
• Suffolk is 2-0-0 versus JWU under head coach Shawn McEachern.
• The Rams have won two straight last season (Dec. 6-7), marking the first time Suffolk recorded back-to-back shutouts against JWU.

MORE INFO: Suffolk vs. Johnson & Wales – All-Time Series

STATS SHOWDOWN

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
Suffolk breaks for finals and the holidays before heading to Plattsburgh, New York, for the Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic Jan. 2-3 The Rams open the tournament against Amherst on Thursday, Jan. 2 at 3:30 p.m.